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My understanding is that with opae ula you don't have to do the traditional cycling process since they're so hardy. You just have to set up your tank and run lights on a 12 hour on/off cycle until you see signs of algae growth on surfaces (on tank walls or rocks etc). As soon as you see algae growth ...

Did you rinse your aragonite sand before putting it in? I used aragonite sand for my 9gal tank but had to rinse it quite a bit before I used it in my tank to get rid of the cloudiness. Generally you want to rinse any substrate you're using until the water runs clear before putting it in your tank to ...

They can turn more clear/pale if they're stressed although some of them are just naturally lighter/pale. Mine were pretty pale when I first got them because of the stress from shipping and moving but most turned nice and red once they'd settled into their new tank. There are still a handful that are ...

I have seiryu stone and black lava rock in mine. The opae ula seem to like it!

Hi! You can put all 13 snails in the tank. The snail population is dependent on the amount of food. As long as you do not overfeed, shrimp will outcompete snails for food, which prevents snails from overpopulating. Just feed the tank every 4-8 weeks, everything will be fine.


Ok thanks so much ...

Hi everyone,
I've been setting up my first opae ula tank (9 gallons) and ordered some Malaysian Trumpet snails to add. I had ordered 5 snails but received 13 from the seller. Since then, I've been reading about how they can breed a lot and overpopulate your tank and be extremely hard to get rid of ...